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Matt Helm (TV Series)
''Matt Helm'' is an American mystery television series which aired on ABC from September 20, 1975, to January 3, 1976. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa. Overview The series was loosely based upon the literary character Matt Helm, who had been created and introduced by Donald Hamilton in his 1960 novel, ''Death of a Citizen''; he had also been played by Dean Martin in a series of spy comedy films in the late 1960s. This series resembled neither the books—in which Helm was a terse assassin for a secret government agency—nor the films—in which Helm was a womanizing, wisecracking secret agent. The TV series was not related to the movies in any manner. The series sees Matt Helm, a retired spy, opening a private detective business. Thus, most of the plot lines were standard detective stories of the day, such as one episode in which Helm investigates the disappearance of a race horse. Laraine Stephens co-starred as Claire Kronski, Helm's assistant. A pilot TV ...
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Death Of A Citizen
''Death of a Citizen'' is a 1960 spy fiction, spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin Matt Helm. The title refers to the metaphorical death of peaceful citizen and family man Matt Helm and the rebirth of the deadly and relentless assassin of World War II. The book sees Matthew Helm, a one-time assassin and special agent for the American government during the war, being reactivated (code name: Eric) when a former colleague turns rogue and eventually kidnaps Helm's daughter. Afterwards, he agrees to return to duty as an assassin and counter-agent working for a secret agency run by "Mac," his superior officer from 13 years earlier (although published in 1960, the story itself takes place in 1958). ''Death of a Citizen'' is notable for its grimness of tone and events as compared to the usual thriller of the late 1950s and early 1960s. After a few initial missteps as his "citizen" persona is shucked off, H ...
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Lynda Carter
Lynda Jean Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant contestant, best known for her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the television series ''Wonder Woman'', aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979. Before her acting career, she was crowned Miss World USA in 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter has appeared in a wide range of films and television series. She appeared in films such as '' Super Troopers'' (2001), and '' Sky High'' (2005), '' Super Troopers 2'' (2018), and '' Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020), where she made an uncredited cameo as Asteria. She also had a recurring role as U.S. President Olivia Marsdin on the series ''Supergirl'' (2016–2018). Additionally, she has participated in various television specials and series, including ''Two and a Half Men'' (2013), and ''The Muppet Show'' (1980). Carter has received several honors throughout her career. In 2014, she was awarded a Golden Palm Star ...
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Ian McShane
Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, and Mr. Wednesday in ''American Gods'' (2017–2021). For the original series of ''Deadwood'', McShane won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer of the film, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. His film roles include Harry Brown in '' The Wild and the Willing'' (1962), Charlie Cartwright in '' If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'' (1969), Wolfe Lissner in ''Villain'' (1971), Teddy Bass in '' Sexy Beast'' (2000), Frank Powell in ''Hot Rod'' (2007), Blackbeard in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' (2011), and Winston Scott in the '' John Wick'' ...
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Juliet Mills
Juliet Maryon Mills (born 21 November 1941) is a British-American actress. Mills began her career as a child actress and was nominated at age 18 for a Tony Award for her stage performance in ''Five Finger Exercise'' in 1960. She progressed to film work and then to television, playing the lead role on the sitcom ''Nanny and the Professor'' in the early 1970s. She received Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in this series and for her role in the film ''Avanti!'' in 1972. She won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the television miniseries ''QB VII (miniseries), QB VII'' (1974). In 1983, Mills joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company, performing in repertory productions such as ''Rain'', ''Paradise Lost'', ''Inheritors'' and ''The Hasty Heart'' throughout their seasons. From 1999 until 2008, she had a role on the daytime drama series ''Passions'',''Soapography'', "Juliet M ...
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Patrick Macnee
Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British-American actor best known for his breakthrough role as secret agent John Steed in the television series ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' (1961–1969). Starting out as the assistant to David Keel (Ian Hendry), he became the lead when Hendry left after the first series, and was subsequently partnered with a succession of female assistants. He later reprised the role in ''The New Avengers (TV series), The New Avengers'' (1976–1977). Born in London as the eldest son of socialite Dorothea Macnee, Macnee served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War before starting his career as an actor in Canadian television. He appeared in numerous television series up until 2001, including the ''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), Twilight Zone'' episode "Judgment Night (The Twilight Zone), Judgement Night" (1959); ''Columbo''; ''Magnum, P.I.''; ''Hart to Hart''; ''Murder, She Wrote''; ''The Love Boat''; and ' ...
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Sherry Jackson
Sherry D. Jackson (born February 15, 1942) is an American retired Actor, actress and former child star. Early life Jackson was born on February 15, 1942, in Wendell, Idaho. Her mother, Maurita, provided drama, singing, and dancing lessons for Sherry and her two brothers, Curtis L. Jackson, Jr., and Gary L. Jackson, beginning in their formative years. Her father, Curtis L. Jackson, Sr., died when she was 6, and Maurita moved the family from Wendell to Los Angeles, California. By one account Maurita, who had been told while still in Idaho that her children should be in films, was referred to a theatrical agent by a tour bus driver whom they met in Los Angeles. According to another, she was referred by the friend of an agent who saw Sherry eating ice cream on the Sunset Strip. Apocryphal perhaps, but within the year Sherry had her first screen test, for ''The Snake Pit'' with Olivia de Havilland, and by the age of seven appeared in her first feature film, the 1949 musical ''You're ...
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Farley Granger
Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in '' The North Star'' (1943), a controversial film praising the Soviet Union at the height of World War II, but later condemned for its political position. Another war film, '' The Purple Heart'' (1944), followed, before Granger's naval service in Honolulu, in a unit that arranged troop entertainment in the Pacific. Here he made useful contacts, including Bob Hope, Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. It was also where he began exploring his bisexuality, which he said he never felt any need to conceal. His role in Hitchcock's ''Rope'', a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder case of 1924, earned him much critical praise though the film got mixed reviews. Hitchcock cast him again in '' Strangers on a Train'', as a tennis star drawn into a reciprocal murder plot by ...
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Shelley Fabares
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is a retired American actress and singer. She is known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom ''The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom '' Coach'' (1989–1997), the latter of which earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Her film roles include playing the leading lady to Elvis Presley in '' Girl Happy'' (1965), '' Spinout'' (1966), and '' Clambake'' (1967). In 1962, her recording of " Johnny Angel" reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Early life Fabares was born in Santa Monica, California on January 19, 1944. She was born to James Alan Fabares (1909-1977), who was born in Algiers, New Orleans, and Elsa R. Eyler, who died from Alzheimer's disease in 1992. She has an older sister Nanette ("Smokey"). She is the niece of actress Nanette Fabray (née Fabares). She graduated from North Hollywood High School in 1961. Career Early TV appearanc ...
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Howard Duff
Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913July 8, 1990) was an American actor. He started in radio during World War II before appearing in many Hollywood features and television programs from 1947 to 1990. He also directed for television. His career was marked by accusations of disloyalty during the red scare of the 1950s. Early life Duff was born in Charleston, Washington (today a part of Bremerton), in 1913. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932, where he began acting in school plays after he was cut from the school basketball team. Duff worked locally in Seattle-area theater until entering the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was eventually assigned to their radio service, and announced re-broadcasts prepared for the Armed Forces Radio Service ( AFRS). In this role, he served as the announcer for the drama '' Suspense'', dated March 16, 1943. Career Sam Spade Duff's most memorable radio role was as Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam S ...
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Susan Dey
Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is an American retired actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom ''The Partridge Family'' from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series ''L.A. Law'' from 1986 to 1992. A three-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for ''L.A. Law'' in 1988. Early life and education Dey was born in Pekin, Illinois, to Ruth Pyle (née Doremus) Dey, a nurse, and Robert Smith Dey. Ruth died in 1961, when Susan was eight. Dey attended Columbus Elementary School in Thornwood, New York. She later moved to Mount Kisco, New York, where she graduated from Fox Lane High School in 1970. Career Dey began her professional life as a model. Her first modeling break was the cover photo of a booklet by Pursettes tampons on first facts of menstruation for young girls, "Getting to Know Yourself." She was cast as Laurie Partridge in t ...
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Pat Crowley
Patricia Crowley (born September 17, 1933) is an American actress. She was also frequently billed as Pat Crowley. In 1953, she was awarded the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her performances in ''Forever Female'' and '' Money From Home''. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she had starring roles in films with Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Tony Curtis, among other stars of the era. She appeared in television roles starting in the 1950s, continuing through the 2000s. Early life Crowley was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Helen (''née'' Swartz) and coal mining foreman Vincent Crowley. Her sister Ann was also an actress. Career Crowley played Sally Carver in the film ''Forever Female'' (1953), starring Ginger Rogers and William Holden. She starred as Dr. Autumn Claypool alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in '' Money from Home'' (1953), and in their final film together '' Hollywood or Bust'' (1956), in which she played Terry Roberts. H ...
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Bert Convy
Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American actor, singer, game-show panelist, and host known for ''Tattletales'', '' Super Password'', and '' Win, Lose or Draw''. Early life Convy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bernard Fleming and Monica (née Whalen) Convy.State of California death certificate Convy's family moved to Los Angeles when he was 7 years old. He later attended North Hollywood High School, where he was an all-around athlete. The Philadelphia Phillies offered him a contract when he was just 17 and he played two years of Minor League Baseball in 1951–52. He later joined the 1950s vocal band The Cheers, who had a top-10 hit in 1955 with " Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots". Convy attended UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, where he received a bachelor's degree. Career Early years After a two-season stint in the Philadelphia Phillies' minor league system with the Klamath Falls Gems, Miami Eagle ...
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